While Google gets heat for scrapping high-profile endeavors like Stadia, operations like Google Fiber are quietly bouncing back. The Information has new details on Apple’s alleged upcoming mixed-reality headset. And Wired’s Steven Levy asks if the Metaverse would work better without the VR.

Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Robb Dunewood, Len Peralta, Roger Chang, Joe.
Link to the Show Notes.

Quick Hits:

https://www.theverge.com/2022/10/14/23404049/microsoft-directstorage-1-1-gpu-decompression-load-times

https://www.theverge.com/2022/10/14/23404595/nvidia-rtx-408-12gb-unlaunch

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/google/android-leaks-some-traffic-even-when-always-on-vpn-is-enabled/

https://www.theverge.com/2022/10/14/23404069/spacex-ukraine-starlink-funding-elon-musk-internet-satellite-connectivity-us-government-funding

https://techcrunch.com/2022/10/14/google-is-updating-its-ad-tag-to-sponsored-for-mobile-search/

Top Stories:

https://www.theinformation.com/articles/apples-mixed-reality-headset-to-offer-iris-scanning-for-payments-logging-in

https://www.engadget.com/apple-mixed-reality-headset-iris-scanning-153036223.html

https://www.theverge.com/2022/10/14/23404307/apple-headset-mixed-reality-rumor-iris-scanning-payments-login-biometric-authentication

https://killedbygoogle.com/

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2016/10/google-fiber-laying-off-9-of-staff-will-pause-plans-for-10-cities/

https://www.theverge.com/2022/10/13/23403427/google-fiber-5-8-gbps-gigabit-tiers-plans

https://fiber.google.com/blog/2022/08/whats-next-for-google-fiber.html

https://www.dropbox.com/s/i2mjs1zwvqx7wsk/NTX%20to%20DTNS%20Dia%20del%20Metamuerto.mp4?dl=0

Discussion Story:

https://kotaku.com/zuckerberg-facebook-meta-legs-feet-video-vr-staged-fake-1849656315

https://twitter.com/hmltn/status/1580613618600914944

https://www.ign.com/articles/the-metaverse-has-had-a-very-bad-week

https://www.wired.com/story/plaintext-metaverse-better-without-virtual-reality/

Kicker:

https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3543174.3546841

https://gizmodo.com/self-driving-cars-autonomous-vehicles-googly-eyes-study-1849643126

Today’s guest:

Len Peralta

http://patreon.com/len

http://lenperaltastore.com

https://www.twitch.tv/lenperalta

https://opensea.io/accounts/lenp

@LenPeralta

Robb Dunewood

https://smrpodcast.com

http://thetechjawn.com

@RobbDunewood

Next guest:

Blair Bazdarich

https://www.patreon.com/thisweekinscience

http://www.twis.org

@blairsmenagerie

Jenn Cutter

http://openalpha.tv

http://jenncutter.com

@jenncutter

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